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A covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls hosts a group ceremony. Several standing and kneeling devotees in white dhotis and saffron/orange shawls perform a ritual with brass lamps and vessels on low orange stands, and a standing man in white holds an offering. Behind them a seated crowd in white clothes fills the floor, and tall striped cloth-wrapped pillars hang from the ceiling. On the left a man in an orange shawl stands near a drum. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the visible people are devotees and priests in white and saffron.

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August 09 20072007-08-09A covered hall with a corrugated roof and colourful painted cylindrical pillars hangs with banners. Several young devotees in white kurtas and orange saffron shawls stand and kneel on mats, the standing ones raising their arms in an energetic devotional gesture, some holding small instruments. A seated group in white clothes fills the middle of the floor, with a larger audience behind them. At the right, a seated figure on a white cushioned seat with a red-and-gold draped cloth appears beside a microphone stand; the page suggests a person, but the face and build are not clearly distinctive enough to confirm. Roughly thirty people are visible.2007-08-09A photograph inside a plain whitewashed hall with a corrugated metal roof, showing a fire ritual. Three standing men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls hold up flaming lamps, one on the left swinging a burning torch, the middle two lamps raised. Behind them a row of seated devotees in white clothing sits on mats with brass lamps and vessels on the floor. Tall decorated pillars with coloured patterns and an orange cloth hang at the back, and a seated man in an orange shawl sits in a white chair on the right. The scene suggests an aarti with oil lamps.2007-10-15August 09 20072007-08-09August 26 20072007-08-26October 15 20072007-10-15Indoor ritual scene in a white-canopied hall with peach walls and ceiling fans. Several men and women in white clothes with yellow stoles stand in a row raising lit oil lamps overhead, facing a seated audience dressed in white with yellow scarves. Framed portraits and altars with offerings line the back wall, and tall decorative banners hang from the ceiling. The audience sits cross-legged on the floor, and a camera on a tripod is visible at the left edge.2009-12-24July 11 20062006-07-11October 31 20102010-10-31 +2 copiesOctober 16 20072007-10-16A ritual performance in a whitewashed hall with a corrugated roof, where three standing young men in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls hold brass ritual implements. The man on the left holds a bell and a small lamp, the central man holds a bell and a brass vessel, and the man on the right holds a bell and a small brass item. Several seated participants in white clothes sit on mats before rows of brass oil lamps and a brass deity murti set, while a larger seated audience in white fills the background. Hanging decorative banners in red, blue and yellow patterns, a speaker and a fan are visible. Four people are prominent, with a larger group seated behind them.2007-10-13A covered outdoor temple pavilion with a metal roof frame and tall painted pillars decorated with orange, red and blue patterns. At the centre, a priest in white stands before a decorated deity murti and shrine, raising one arm while a lit lamp and brass vessels sit on the platform. Seated devotees in white and saffron cloth fill the floor in rows, some with folded hands, and a few women in saffron saris sit on chairs at left. Incense smoke rises near the shrine. A ritual puja appears to be in progress.2007-08-09